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Deadly Secrets

Teresa Burrell

Seven-year-old JP Torn witnessed a man shot to death. His secret haunted him for eighteen long years...

Deadly Secrets
Teresa Burrell

Seven-year-old JP Torn witnessed a man shot to death. His secret haunted him for eighteen long years. In an attempt to clear the name of the man wrongfully imprisoned for the murder, he discovers an unforgiving brother, and a string of lies that lead to more painful, DEADLY SECRETS.

The Theatre Street Killing

Simon McCleave

London 1995. A brutal murder. A young female PC, Ruth Hunter, has ambitions to be a detective in Lon...

The Case of the Missing Bubble Gum Card: A Jarvis Mann Hardboiled Detective Short Story
R Weir

Jarvis Mann is a PI, whose business thrived on the mundane
Paying the bills by shadowing cheating spouses
And working for the fat-cat insurance companies running down false claims

On a Winter’s Sunday afternoon, a young man graces his office steps
His words coaxing with the simple declaration of “Please”
Convincing Jarvis to help find a valuable Ernie Banks rookie baseball card

With a dry sense of humor, Jarvis tours the Denver neighborhood
Door to door until a clue leads to a surprising discovery
A young man’s personal pain revealed
Witnessing a friend’s act of self-sacrifice
Both teenagers teaching Jarvis a life lesson
That will shape him with new hope and resolve

An 8400 word Short Story by R Weir
Plus a preview of the first novel in the Jarvis Mann PI series: Tracking A Shadow

Welcome to the Hotel Yalta

Victoria Dougherty

An heiress who can’t seem to keep her legs closed. A Russian plan for dominating the space race. An...

Welcome to the Hotel Yalta
Victoria Dougherty

An heiress who can’t seem to keep her legs closed. A Russian plan for dominating the space race. An assassin with a penchant for rich food and sadistic murder. When you’re alone in the cold, passion and betrayal are commodities and love hangs on by an icy thread. From the author of The Bone Church and Cold, comes a white knuckle tour de force of Cold War noir.

In the opening chapter of Welcome to the Hotel Yalta we accompany Paha Tarkhan on a train journey through the Czechoslovakian countryside. Dougherty employs her writing skill to inform much about Pasha, his life, and his character throughout these opening lines. A native from Georgia, we learn he cannot return home for fear of being ousted by his mother as a traitor to the Soviet Union. He is to rendezvous at a safe house run by Miss Bick. She was once his mistress. Pasha, as it turns out, has many mistresses. When convalescing from chest pains brought on by nothing more sinister than indigestion, he has a fling with Aprilia his nurse. On this journey, he is accompanied by Brandy France, a diplomat's wife, and she is not shy of passionate interludes, regardless of the circumstances. Dougherty's style is crisp and uncluttered with a natural flow. At the time of this review, Welcome to the Hotel Yalta is offered as a free download on Amazon. A recommended read while this free version is on offer.

Darkwater Cove
Dan Padavona

Three years ago, FBI agent Darcy Gellar almost died at the hands of a serial killer.

Struggling with her demons, Darcy takes an early retirement after capturing the murderer and moves her family to Genoa Cove. With the sadistic killer serving a life sentence, she hopes a peaceful life along the ocean will end her nightmares.

Then a body surfaces along the coast. And the evidence points to one man: the killer Darcy put behind bars three years ago. Either Darcy caught the wrong man, or an apprentice serial killer stalks paradise. Then the murderer takes another life, and the nightmare of three years ago rushes forth to claim Darcy.

Now Darcy isn’t simply unraveling a mystery. She’s facing a killer who knows what frightens her most.

Polar Bear Dawn

lyle nicholson

Detective Frank Mueller of the Anchorage Police Force flies to an oil camp in Alaska's High Arctic t...

Polar Bear Dawn
lyle nicholson

Detective Frank Mueller of the Anchorage Police Force flies to an oil camp in Alaska's High Arctic to investigate what is being called a murder-suicide. A man's body was found outside the camp being consumed by a bear. His sister was found strangled to death in her room.

Detective Bernadette Callahan of the RCMP Serious Crimes Division Unit is investigating two bodies that have turned up in a tar pond in Canada's Northern Oil Sands. Both detectives will discover that the deaths are linked and pose a potential threat to North American Oil. They have to work together to convince their superiors what they've uncovered is real.

When Raja Met Vinny (Raja Williams Mystery Th...

Jack Thompson

Who says water and oil don't mix?
Before Vinny, Raja worked solo. His unique connection to people a...

Who says water and oil don't mix?
Before Vinny, Raja worked solo. His unique connection to people and his intuitive brilliance was all he needed to solve crimes. Having a partner never crossed his mind. When he met Vinny, that changed.
The death of a prominent banker takes Oxford-educated private investigator Raja Williams on a case to his home turf, the Caribbean. Vinny Moore, a hipster hacker who got caught with her hand in the government's cookie jar, is pressed into service helping a CIA task force stop a prolific cocaine smuggling operation in the Caribbean.
When the two cases cross, Raja and Vinny meet with explosive results. They are as different as night and day, but together they form a powerfully effective crime-fighting team.
Book 0 in the 11-volume Raja Williams series.

Recruited: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery

Nicole Givens Kurtz

Join the savviest P.I. in futuristic Washington D.C. Cybil Lewis on the intricate case through the s...

Recruited: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery
Nicole Givens Kurtz

Join the savviest P.I. in futuristic Washington D.C. Cybil Lewis on the intricate case through the shadowy underworld of human engineering. When a young college student is murdered while pretending to be a genetically engineered hatchling, Regulator Daniel Tom thinks it's a hate violation the district would just as soon ignore than spend currency on the investigation. He recruits Cybil to investigate the Human Rights League, an organization devoted to the purity of human beings.

Soon, Cybil sinks into the seedy underbelly of propaganda, politics, and the price of poverty in the Divided States.

Kindred Intentions
Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli

24 hours. 2 people. 1 target.

It was 10 a.m. when undercover agent Amelia Jennings arrived at the law firm Goldberg & Associates for a job interview. Her mission was to investigate a series of murders involving some well-known lawyers in the City. Her target, an elusive hired killer who had been of interest to the police for months.
But her plan is doomed to fall apart before it even starts.
In less than twenty-four hours Amelia will be the prey in a man hunt and her destiny will become entwined with Mike Connor’s.
Their intentions, apparently similar, may prove to be opposite, but the affinity binding them goes beyond what they think they know about each other.

Big screen material! This talented author brings the reader into a new world where adventure awaits at every turn. The descriptions are well though out, the characters pop off of the page. Don't miss this one!

Monticelli's original Italian has been translated to English for her Red Desert series, giving a charming flavor to the prose. Her characters are 3d, and her hard sci-fi setting is researched impeccably. Novella-length book one, "Point of no return," serves as an introduction, constructing the hooks that power future volumes and ramping up the tension and mystery.

Witches Gone Wicked PREVIEW: a book in Womby'...

Sarina Dorie

You think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher’s perspective at a scho...

Witches Gone Wicked PREVIEW: a book in Womby's School for Wayward Witches
Sarina Dorie

You think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher’s perspective at a school for at risk youth.

Like any twenty-two-year-old who grew up obsessed with fantasy novels, Clarissa Lawrence expects all her Harry Potter fantasies to come true when she is invited to teach at a school for witches.

As if being the new “arts and crafts” teacher isn’t hard enough at a school for juvenile delinquent witches, budget cuts are just as severe in the magic community, administrators are as unrealistic in their expectations of teachers, and the job is a hazard if the students find out you can’t actually do magic.

As if this isn’t enough pressure, she has to figure out why teachers are mysteriously disappearing. If she doesn’t, she might be next.

Just think if that was possible? This story has so much exciting potential when it comes to 'what-if' scenarios. Add the sci-fi element to a thrilling romance, I believe this book has every ingredient needed for a great book.
All the best.

I downloaded this book as something to read over my lunch break and completely fell in love! I found the characers so wonderful and believable. The world-building is just amazing! I definitely will be looking up the rest of the Womby's School for Wayward Witches books!

A Thin line

David Boiani

What if a man lost his moral compass between right and wrong, good and evil, mental stability and in...

A Thin line
David Boiani

What if a man lost his moral compass between right and wrong, good and evil, mental stability and insanity?

John Corbin has been investigating, catching, and convicting murderers, rapists, and pedophiles for twenty years as a Seattle detective. But lately, someone has been beating him to the punch and eliminating these vile criminals before he can apprehend them. John is learning that there is a thin line between innocent or guilty, good or evil, alive or dead.

By definition, a thin line is a very narrow division between two alternatives. Some being exact opposites, while others are separated by the narrowest of threads. This novel follows this definition to the letter. In life, many situations aren't just black or white. There is usually a modicum of grey to fill in the space. Who is ri

Totally enjoyed reading David Bolani's, The Redemption. The book held my attention from the first page. The plot was well-developed and sequenced, the characters believable
and the twists kept me guessing. Enjoyed very much. Highly recommend

Carolina Dance (First 5 chapters)
Alex Cage

They took his peace and quiet. He’ll pay them back in fists and bullets…

Ex-Special Forces Captain Orlando Black is long overdue for some peace and quiet. So when cops arrest him on the quiet city streets, he struggles to keep his cool against the blatant racial profiling. And after the FBI infiltrates his case, he gets entangled in a criminal conspiracy that could force him to dodge bullets all over again.

Can Black take down the brutal mastermind before his city suffers more death and destruction?

Carolina Dance is the first book in the thrilling Orlando Black action adventure series. If you like diehard heroes, adrenaline-fueled fight scenes, and non-stop action, then you’ll love Alex Cage’s page-turning tale.

Out of Options

Dianne Ascroft

Out of Options is a prequel novella to the Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries series,

Out of Options
Dianne Ascroft

Out of Options is a prequel novella to the Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries series,

A dry district, a shocking secret, a missing person. When Lois Stone’s friend, Beth Darrow, arranges to meet her to reveal an astonishing discovery, Lois’s curiosity is piqued. Then Beth doesn’t keep their lunch date and Lois becomes worried. What has happened to her friend?

Middle-aged widow Lois is settling into life on her own after the violent death of her husband. But her quiet existence is rocked when her friend and historical society researcher, Beth, arranges to meet her to reveal an exciting and shocking discovery she has made about the history of prohibition in West Toronto Junction, the last dry area in Toronto, and then goes missing before she can share her secret with Lois.

Love the writing style, the 'voice' that sounds so clear its like he's sitting next to my bed reading to me. Check out his website; it's cool without being in any way contrived. Great cover designs, too. This writer is 'one to watch', as they say. Not all short story writers try their hands at novel writing - Carver didn't - but I can't help feeling that if Glenn doesn't it would constitute a crime in its own right. For now, though, let this little gem wet your appetite!

Shadow Ballet- Betrayal
Izabell Key

"I'm trapped. They want my blood. They want my head.
I feel a rat walking on my corpse. The blood on my skin… I can smell the soil. There is a song in my ears disturbing with insolence the silence of the forest. It is not your beautiful voice. I want to cover my ears… but I can not move."

Jerry opens his eyes in a cell, accused of the murder of the most feared gangster in Atlantic City: His dad.
On his way to jail, Jerry bursts out for vengeance, but whoever set him up placed a large bounty on his head. Head hunters, police and detectives on the payroll are after him. It is not very easy to survive the night. So, he does not. Jerry gets shot.
A beautiful prostitute, Lin, finds Jerry and shelters him. However, she has no idea who Jerry is and what kind of trouble he brings.

Shadow Ballet- Betrayal by Izabell Key. To me it seemed like a female revision of 'Sin City' (movie): Jerry, the son of a crime-boss gets hamstrung during the powerplays of organized crime, gets shot, and left for dead. But an angel of the night, a prostitute named Lin, has mercy on Mr. Amnesia, and grants him shelter. That is a daring recipe, full of potential and social, or amorous, intricacies! Izabell Key challenges our expectations, keeps us guessing about a happy end, or a downward spiral, and chose a cover style reminding of noir-classics, or modern noir sub-genres.

Target - 'The Master's Child' - Part One

Simone Leigh

Winner of the Reader-Voted #BestBook from the 'Inks and Scratches' Summer Splash Book Awards

The Imperial Alchemist
A.H. Wang

A legend buried for 2000 years. A woman compelled to uncover the truth.

210 BCE, CHINA. The most powerful emperor China has ever known is on the brink of death. In desperation, he sends his most gifted alchemist on a quest for the mythical elixir of life.

His fleet never returned…

NOW, archaeologist Georgia Lee is compelled to hunt for a mysterious man who may hold the secret to the greatest discovery ever.

Her search takes her from an ancient tomb in China, through traditional Japan, to the blistering Australian outback, and the dizzying heights of verdant mountains in tropical Taiwan. What begins as an investigation into an archaeological riddle turns into something very sinister. Georgia starts to suspect that perhaps she is the one being hunted instead…

Romantic, elegant, rich with fascinating factual Asian history and that quest at the heart of Gothic literature -- the elixir of immortality -- this novel provides adventure enough to remind us, moment by moment, about how exciting and precarious being alive really is.

An exciting quest to uncover an ancient Chinese secret takes archaeologist Georgia Lee back in time. To lay bare the Imperial Alchemist's startling story she will have to travel most of Asia. The Imperial Alchemist is a book fans of ancient China and modern mystery will enjoy.

The Family Tree Murders: A Lainey Maynard Mystery Series - Book 1
Laura Hern

The email from her friend had Lainey worried.

Why was Mary so upset over a DNA test?

Lainey needed a change after her husband’s death. The quaint town of Mirror Falls, nestled among the lakes of northern Minnesota, was the perfect spot. She made some quirky friends. It was a restful life… until the email.

Mary had done it as a lark. It might be fun to find out her family’s history. When the DNA test came back, everything changed. The brother she loved was only her half-brother. And, it seemed, he was next in line for a substantial inheritance…
or murder.

Lainey had worked out more than her fair share of sinister plots. She’s determined to figure out who’s been trimming off branches of the family tree.

Will they find the murderer before he kills again?

Death's Confessor

Phillip Bryant

A fast paced, gritty murder mystery through the wilds of territorial New Mexico's Rio Grande Valley....

Death's Confessor
Phillip Bryant

A fast paced, gritty murder mystery through the wilds of territorial New Mexico's Rio Grande Valley. Pueblos, Apache, former Mexican citizens and the US Army collide in a tale of greed and murder. A new civil war mystery series by best selling author Phillip and Jennifer Bryant.

Peter Thomas Smith's days on the post of Fort Craig, New Mexico territory, are spent fighting boredom, keeping cool, and giving the spiritual state of the 5th California Mounted Infantry volunteers a ready ear. As chaplain, he isn't asked to do much in the way of fighting Apaches and there have been no wounded in battle to tend to from fighting Confederates.

Something in the Blood

Robert I. Katz

From award winning writer Robert I. Katz, Something in the Blood is a short story about an early epi...

Something in the Blood
Robert I. Katz

From award winning writer Robert I. Katz, Something in the Blood is a short story about an early episode in the life of surgeon Richard Kurtz, the principal protagonist of the Kurtz and Barent mystery series.

With less than a year to go before graduation, surgical resident Richard Kurtz decides to spend his summer on an elective rotation at a small hospital in Arkansas. The place seems peaceful enough but when a kid named Ben Saunders comes into the ER with a broken wrist, Kurtz cannot resist getting drawn into a family tragedy that spans two generations.

The Gypsy Curse

Amber Meyer

The Gypsy Curse is a cozy mystery written in the style of Agatha Christie.

A Mystery Reader by New Voices
Living Sensical

Cozy, Detective, or Amateur Sleuth - contemporary or fantasy - these six short stories will keep you guessing right up to their quick end.

Mysteries come in many forms, and in many locations. Here we have contemporary, dystopian, and paranormal venues so you can immerse yourself from the first sentence in each of these short stories.

- A ghost who has to arrange her own scene-reenactment just to find out how she died.
- How a writer helps a woman find out why she is so sad all the time - from a diner bar stool.
- A private investigator assigned to find out the secret of nurses who can cure the incurable - but then becomes a patient when he breaks quarantine to save another's life.
- A detective who is ordered not to solve a perfect death...

From the opening pages, the reader gets drawn into a world of intrigue and suspense. The writer continues to hold your attention without fail, don't miss this one, it reads like a binge-worthy show on Netflix!

Another girl goes missing, and the special agent must stop the killer before time runs out. But the killer is a ghost, a phantom hiding in plain sight, and Scarlett must untangle a confusing web of evidence if she hopes to track him down.

If she fails, the girl dies.

ICE- A DS Tom Novak short story

Neil Lancaster

A new and powerfully addictive form of methamphetamine is about to hit the UK. Police are aware of t...

ICE- A DS Tom Novak short story
Neil Lancaster

A new and powerfully addictive form of methamphetamine is about to hit the UK. Police are aware of this but there is a problem.
Those bringing it in are untouchable and cannot be stopped by conventional means. How will the police respond to stop this evil drug hitting the streets in bulk?

Dotty Dishes the Dirt
Diane Ezzard

Discover this new series of murder and mayhem.
This charming cozy mystery will leave you scratching your head with its twists and turns.
Be enthralled by Dotty and her friends’ laugh out loud adventures.

Out of work Dotty starts up a gardening business. She unearths more than she bargains for in the shape of human bones.
Who is the body in the garden?
Can Dotty and her friends get to the bottom of the mystery?
Together, they expose secrets and lies that rock the close-knit community.
Everyone’s peace is about to be shattered.

This is the prequel to the Dotty Drinkwater Mystery Series.

How Murder Saved My Life

Dawn Merriman

A riveting mix of murder and mental illness that will keep you turning pages until the end. An open...

How Murder Saved My Life
Dawn Merriman

A riveting mix of murder and mental illness that will keep you turning pages until the end. An open an honest look inside the mind of a suicidal woman fighting for her life against her own mind and a serial killer.
With a dead body eaten by her pigs, an evil voice in her head, and a noose beckoning for her neck, farmer Zoey DiMeo has problems. She just wants to be left alone on her farm to figure out life’s next steps and heal.
When dead bodies start showing up, Zoey can’t hide anymore. Forced to work with her worst enemy, Sherriff Katie Rodriguez, Zoey has to face past betrayals and learn to trust again to stop the killer.
Can Zoey find the courage to fight the evil in her own mind and catch a killer before he catches her?

Blindsided
Tom Bierdz

Psychiatrist Grant Garrick had it all: a thriving therapy practice, a bright, loving, and beautiful wife, a 15 year-old son filled with potential, and a gorgeous home on acreage overlooking the Puget Sound. Life couldn’t get much better.

Then tragedy struck.

Read the novella, Book 1, the prequel to the Psychiatrist Grant Garrick suspense-thriller series.

Learn why he defies danger and adventures beyond the boundaries of his profession to help solve his patients’ problems.

The Mystery of Chateau Beaumont

L.C. Kincaide

Children’s book illustrator, Hannah, never considered herself adventurous, never mind a risk taker,...

The Mystery of Chateau Beaumont
L.C. Kincaide

Children’s book illustrator, Hannah, never considered herself adventurous, never mind a risk taker, so when an aunt leaves her an abandoned chateau, the opportunity to push beyond her sheltered existence becomes irresistible. What better way to embrace a new decade heralding her thirties than to rise to new challenges and make exciting changes in her life?

Embarking on the project in the small town of Beaumont, with the expert help of her reticent but skilled and handsome contractor, the work progresses smoothly. Digging into the Chateau’s past, however, reveals a distressing history, and more alarming is how it relates to her future.

What began as an exciting adventure spirals into a terror she never could have imagined.

Triple Cross

Alan P. Woodruff

Harris Masters is on the run – from the mob and the government.
The first trial of New Orleans mob...

Triple Cross
Alan P. Woodruff

Harris Masters is on the run – from the mob and the government.
The first trial of New Orleans mob kingpin Sonny Falco, for which Masters had provided the evidence used by the government, ended in a mistrial. Now Falco wants to make sure Masters doesn’t live to testify at his retrial.
Masters can't trust the Marshal’s Service or the U.S. Attorney to protect him, so he turns to Lucius White for help.
Whatever White can do, it won’t be easy, but it will be dangerous. There is a contract out on Masters life, but White and Masters must return to New Orleans to find the documents that might save Masters. The risks are high, the chances of success are small, and Masters and White can’t completely trust anyone whose help they need

Compelling beginning to this conspiracy-theory plot focusing on the Middle East, Russia and the questionable role of various operators within the US government. Interesting likeable characters. Reads very authoritatively on all things military and security service related.

The Theatre Street Killing

Simon McCleave

London 1995. A brutal murder. A young female PC, Ruth Hunter, has ambitions to be a detective in Lon...

Six Plus One
Yawatta Hosby

ONE BY ONE ended with Detective Brown disgusted and traumatized over the crime scene in the woods. He wants to find justice for those poor victims and vows to keep his daughter safe from the horrors of the world.

Sequel time--SIX PLUS ONE, Detective Brown can't keep that promise. Alta and her group of friends leave Voy on a road trip to Green Bank, West Virginia. They're filming footage for their alien-centric web series.

What should be a get-in and get-out situation for the weekend turns into a deadly nightmare...

The blurb makes this sound like a classic lost in the woods with scary things happening, but it's not. This is an ambitious book that really makes you want to read it with all the lights on in the house. This really left me guessing at every turn.
But above all of that--keeping me in suspense enough to want to read to the end--the writing is just wonderful and the descriptions are absolutely fantastic. I don't want to put any spoilers in here, but let me just say that when Hosby's characters feel pain, you do, too, and when they are afraid, you are, too. I can't remember the last time I read a book in this genre that really gripped me like this.

VAMPIRE'S DAY: Snake Eye

Yuri Hamaganov

The great war between the humans and vampires began at dawn on Friday with the first shot of a silen...

VAMPIRE'S DAY: Snake Eye
Yuri Hamaganov

The great war between the humans and vampires began at dawn on Friday with the first shot of a silent gun. And by the end of that day, nuclear bombs had been dropped on burning cities in a desperate attempt to stop the spread of the deadly Zero Model…

Courage wars against courage, guns against guns, the thirst for life against blood thirst. But it all happens on the front line. And here, in the center of the web, away from hand-to-hand combat and nuclear strikes, we’re watching the war from the position of the vampire army’s commander. Her mobile command post travels along the bloody road of the war, and hell follows . . .

Epiphany from a broken camera

Sebastyen Dugas

A man wanted to teach his sister a lesson. Instead, he was confronted with his destiny.

Conscripted - an action thriller
Chris Lowry

When a young man is following his girlfriend overseas back to her home, a future president and his top adviser recruit him to spy on her cabinet member father. But when rebels kidnap the boy and girl, he's thrust into a new world that will change his soul forever.

Prequel to the seven book SHADOWBOXER Series, an action thriller set about the world's luckiest hitman. Includes links to MISSION ONE, SHADOWBOXER, and DECREED, so if you enjoy the story, you can keep reading.

Conscripted is a stand alone story, but if you like, click the link inside to get the rest of the story, Succor and Render, which shares what happened to Brill after the rebels as a free bonus.

Don't Find Roger
Sebastyen Dugas

Martin Lafs is a consummate investigator, dashing ladies man, and all-around sophisticate—in his own mind, at least.

When a woman hires him to find her missing husband, the job seems straightforward. But when there is an offer to sweeten the deal, Lafs sees an opportunity for some pro-grade shenanigans of the let’s-get-paid-twice-for-one-job variety.

That’s when the blonde steps in. No, not the blonde, the BLONDE with all the seductive glances and enticing curves that implies.

She proves to be…distracting.

But when tragedy strikes, Lafs begins to realize that all the threads are connected and that far from pleasing both clients and pocketing a hefty paycheck, he might be pleasing none of them, pocketing nothing, and looking like a fool.

Beautiful Death

Readsy Deals

The picturesque town of San Fallon has become the hunting ground of the Notorious Wolf: a serial kil...

Beautiful Death
Readsy Deals

The picturesque town of San Fallon has become the hunting ground of the Notorious Wolf: a serial killer who displays his victims as fairy tale characters for the police to find. After months of searching, he's finally found his Sleeping Beauty.

Helena Sussex is everyone's dream of a homecoming queen, with the quarterback boyfriend to match. The world is hers for the taking: whatever her looks and charm wouldn't hand her could be earned by her quick wit. It's left her bored and hungry for more, and she's made a game out of controlling those around her. As long as no one realizes it was her constant manipulations led to the suicide of fellow cheerleader Wadelyn Fairchild, she can have it all.

One By One

Yawatta Hosby

Rae faces a dilemma when her brother, Kenan, announces a man wants to buy their log cabin in Virgini...

One By One
Yawatta Hosby

Rae faces a dilemma when her brother, Kenan, announces a man wants to buy their log cabin in Virginia. A place abandoned after they helplessly watched their parents tortured and killed inside. Reluctantly, Rae agrees to sign over the deed once Kenan mentions their six friends are taking a road trip with them for moral support.

The next morning, two of their friends have disappeared. And worse, someone has sabotaged their two rented Jeeps, leaving them stranded.

Alone in the woods, thirty miles from civilization with no cell phone reception, the weekend turns into a deadly game when a killer hunts Rae and her friends. They struggle to stay alive and discover the truth.

The blurb makes this sound like a classic lost in the woods with scary things happening, but it's not. This is an ambitious book that really makes you want to read it with all the lights on in the house. This really left me guessing at every turn.
But above all of that--keeping me in suspense enough to want to read to the end--the writing is just wonderful and the descriptions are absolutely fantastic. I don't want to put any spoilers in here, but let me just say that when Hosby's characters feel pain, you do, too, and when they are afraid, you are, too. I can't remember the last time I read a book in this genre that really gripped me like this.

Heart of Malice (Alice Worth Series Book 1)

Lisa Edmonds

The first time Moses Murphy’s granddaughter killed on his orders, she was six years old.
&...

Heart of Malice (Alice Worth Series Book 1)
Lisa Edmonds

The first time Moses Murphy’s granddaughter killed on his orders, she was six years old.

For 20 years, she was a prisoner of an organized crime syndicate, forced to use her magic to make Moses the most powerful and feared man on the East Coast. To escape, she faked her own death and started a new life as Alice Worth, a PI specializing in cases involving the supernatural.

Hired to investigate the disappearance of a mysterious object of power, Alice enlists the help of Malcolm, a ghost running from a past as nightmarish as her own. When her client is kidnapped, Alice must find her and the object of power before a vengeful killer destroys the city and slaughters thousands—starting with Alice.

The Redemption

David Boiani

It has been four years since the case of serial killer Silas Alvah shook the town of Seattle to its...

The Redemption
David Boiani

It has been four years since the case of serial killer Silas Alvah shook the town of Seattle to its core. Retired Detective John Corbin has settled into his life of husband, father, and restaurant owner; Detective work, however, is embedded in his heart and soul and the pull has never left him. When a disturbed and twisted killer rises to the surface of Northwestern Washington, it is soon apparent his intention is to draw John Corbin back into the horrors of detective work that has already left him scarred. Will John risk everything to be drawn into the killer's twisted game of using human beings as pawns? Will he follow his ingrained instincts and attempt to save the innocent from evil? ‘The Redemption’ is a twisting, turning labyrinth that will take you on a thrill ride unlike anything y

Totally enjoyed reading David Bolani's, The Redemption. The book held my attention from the first page. The plot was well-developed and sequenced, the characters believable
and the twists kept me guessing. Enjoyed very much. Highly recommend

The Only Witness
James King

A quiet Sunday, a vicious assault. One man’s resurrection is another’s good luck.

When Alfie set out on his morning cycle ride, the last thing he expected was to be the only witness to attempted murder. The perpetrator of the crime was the only person who knew Alfie had seen him at the scene. And Alfie was easy to find. Scared out of his wits, he kept his head down and waited, as a weird sequence of events unfolded.
Suspenseful and gripping, the short story will give you a taste for the trilogy ALFIE GOES TO THAILAND. You’ll want to read all 3 novels.

Black Ops Heroes of Afghanistan
Eric Meyer

Life is short and justice a rare commodity in the harsh wastelands of Afghanistan. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Rafe Stoner is about to encounter this cruel truth the hard way. An operation goes tragically wrong, and a Taliban sniper team ambushes a UNHCR ambulance. One of the dead is the woman with whom he intended to start a new life. Stoner turns his back on civilization, and begins a new career as a gun for hire in the bitter land ruled by the bomb and the bullet.

Old Friends

Angus McLean

Tough Auckland private eye Dan Crowley faces off against a gang of murderous thugs when he is called...

Old Friends
Angus McLean

Tough Auckland private eye Dan Crowley faces off against a gang of murderous thugs when he is called on to help out his old mate, Mike Manning.

A trucking firm faces collapse from unexplained stock thefts and Mike's reputation and freedom are on the line when he stands accused. He brings in his old mate Dan, proprietor of Chase Investigations, to clear his name and catch the real culprits. Backed up by Dan's resourceful wife Molly they investigate further and try to keep one step ahead of his long standing nemesis, DI Kennedy, but the boys are up against it to close the case unscathed and with their friendship intact.

Message in the Bones

Dawn Merriman

Long-buried bones have secrets to share – if you know how to read the message
Freak is a nasty word...

Message in the Bones
Dawn Merriman

Long-buried bones have secrets to share – if you know how to read the message
Freak is a nasty word, but many people in this small town have no trouble calling me a freak, or worse. I have with the ability to “sense” things. Touching certain items often gives me visions, sometimes horrifying ones.
I normally hide my abilities from people, but the mysterious skeleton had a story that needed to be told. When I touched the bones, I saw what happened to her, lived through her murder.
No one wants to believe what I saw. Instead of a helpful hero, I become even more of an outcast in my small town. The only person who trulybelieves is the one man who knows the truth of my visions - the killer – and he’s desperate to keep his secrets hidden.

Savannah Sleuth
Alan Chaput

Mama's dead. Her money is gone. And her accountant is missing.

Though born to heirloom pearls, designer dresses and lush garden parties, Savannah social icon Patricia Falcon and three of her closest friends spend their days in Savannah's dark side rescuing abused women. Patricia's darling mother, a prominent philanthropist, drops dead, and the police are baffled by her untimely death. Patricia recruits her three friends to help her investigate what she believes is murder. "Savannah Sleuth" is a page-turning journey from Savannah's Southern wealth and grace into the hidden corners of Savannah and across two continents in a deadly pursuit of justice.